Enquirer reporters Sharon Coolidge and Jason Williams hosted a Streetcar Salon Tuesday night at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine. The event featured project leaders John Deatrick and Chris Eilerman and City Councilwoman Amy Murray for a Q&A and walking tour of the streetcar route.

Here's what they learned about the project at the event:

You can listen to the Q&A portion of the event here:

Noisy?

Nope. The streetcar won't be any louder than a metro bus.

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Yard House(Photo: Enquirer file)

You can ride it to the bars.

Operating hours aren't set, but the streetcar will have night hours to accommodate it.

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Enquirer Streetcar Salon participants walk part of the route.(Photo: The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger)

What if I'm in a hurry?

No worries. It will take 12-16 minutes for the streetcar to get from The Banks to Findlay Market.

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A bird's eye view of the 12th and Race intersection with The School for Creative & Performing Arts on the corner. For about six weeks, you're obviously not getting through these streets. By the time school resumes, though, they'll be open to traffic.(Photo: The Enquirer/Liz Dufour)

Driving won't be a nightmare.

Streetcar will move with traffic and can be passed -- on two-lane, one-way streets, of course.

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Rhinegeist is a popular local brewery that sits on Elm Street at Henry Street in the old Moerlein bottling plant. The streetcar will pull up in front of the building for one of the stops. Henry is the top of the streetcar loop. The maintenance facility sits at Henry and Elm and will be able to house up to 12 streetcars.(Photo: The Enquirer/Liz Dufour)

You might get stuck at Rhinegeist (On purpose).

There is a stop there. Speaking of Rhinegeist, while you're there, look out the back window, and you can see the streetcar's maintenance shed.

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.(Photo: The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger)

New city landmark in the making -- "Washington Park Junction."

Streetcar tracks will crisscross at the intersection of 12th and Race streets.

One of the main features of Washington Park is its 7,000-square-foot interactive water feature.(Photo: File)

No shelter from the storm.

The Washington Park stop won't have a roof, so views of Music Hall and the park aren't blocked.

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.(Photo: The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger)

Streetcar 2K.

The Enquirer has written nearly 2,000 stories on the project since September 2006.

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Streetcar Salon attendees received handouts about the project.(Photo: The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger)

Making your connection?

Officials are working on making streetcar and bus tickets technologically compatible.

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Metro has added the limited-stop Metro*Plus service along or near the Montgomery Road corridor from Kenwood Towne Centre through Uptown and Downtown.
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Bus service will remain the same.

The flip side: there are no plans to expand bus service to complement and coordinate with streetcar service.

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Construction continues on Court Street between Main and Walnut for the streetcar electric substation.
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House of (street)cars.

The maintenance facility can hold up to 12 streetcar vehicles.

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Enquirer Streetcar Salon attendees describe the project in a word.(Photo: The Enquirer/ James Pilcher)

Strassenbahn Menschen

When people describe the streetcar in one word, they say "Wunderbar!" "super", and "overdue." Kudos to the German reference.

Cincinnati streetcar rendering(Photo: Giugiaro Design)

Happily ever after.

A couple got married and in lieu of gifts asked for donations to help build the streetcar.

This rendering is part of a presentation made to the Cincinnati Planning Commission Friday, June 6, that lays out the development vision for the city’s Uptown area.(Photo: Provided)

Will it go Uptown?

Avid readers know nobody knows the answer to that and plans aren't underway. But Councilwoman Amy Murray suggested the conversation isn't over. And rail "stubs" will be built on Elder and Findlay streets in preparation for future expansion.